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l^ssa,?g^l Mi SMaafrutgtmt Meralb fFEAi".^..q?10N1
THE I
FORTUNE
HUNTER
ANew, Gripping
Romance Serial
By RUBY AYRES
A L*ag lutalbMBt of
Fartuc Haatcr* will appear la
Uf (Svaday) Herald.
/
Continued from yesterday.)
"Now then. Fernie," he said, goodnaturedly,
"what bee have you got
in your bonnet? The young fellow's
done you no harm, has he?"
"Xot me, p'raps." the other admitted.
reluctantly, "but when he ;
comes home playing the hero In the ;
story, as you might say, It makes .
you a bit sick when you know the :
trutk"
The truth?well, what i? the
truth, if you know It?" the landlord [
asktd, indulgently.
Fernie pulled his hat back from i
over his foxy eyes.
The truth Is," he said, with slow
.mpressiveness, "that if it's true
that Miss Anne's Mr. Smith is in
Somerton tonight, * he's walked j
straight out of prison?straight out j
of seven years' penal."
There was a short silence, then j
the landlord roused himself from
his leaning position and began vig- ,
orouhly polishing a tumbler.
"Una!" he said, dryly. "You'll get
yourself into trouble, my lad, if you
uilk without >our book like that." j
The man Fernie rose to his feet, |
flushing his chair back with an |
ugly, grating sound.
"I've no more to say," he said. .
calmly enough, though his eyes
were ugly. "But you mark my
words, if I'm not right, and some '
day I'll get the laugh on you." He
went out unchallenged and slammed
the door behind him.
The Fortune Hunter waited a
moment, then he laid down his paper,
rose and slipped out of the bar j
unobserved.
He had hoped to hear something .
that might be useful to his present '
position, but he had not expected
to hear so much.
So he was a Jailbird, was he? The i
thought was unpleasant.
Of all the minor crimes and indiscretions
of which he had been
guilty in the past, he had always
managed to escape the disgrace of {
prison, and when he had stepped
so willingly into another man's
shoes he nad never guessed where j
he would And t-' pinch.
A jailbird. 7: this thing was
true, and instinct told him that it |
was. one never knew what or how .
far - reaching the consequences j
might be.
The heart of the Fortune Hunter !
warmed as he walked slowly back j
to Cherry Lodge. She was a girl
in a thousand, while he?well, at
least he was not the villain he was
supposed to be; there was no dark 1
spain on the record of his life as
there had been on that qX the poor |
ftevil who had met his lonely death 1
in the silence of the wood.
What was the crime for which
he had so blindly taken the re- I
sponsibility? The Fortune Hunter >
felt that he would have given five J
years of his life to know, as he !
crossed the garden and entered the j
door of Cherry Lodge
Mr. Harding, crossing the hall, I
stopped to wait for him. "So here j
you are. Annie told me you had :
iron* for a stroll."
"Yes: I'm used to being outdoors !
most of my time. I'm sorry. I 1
hope I haven't kept you waiting."
"Not at all: you're not too tired !
for a- little chat? Good! Come to I
my study, then."
He led the way to the room and j
shut the door. A lamp burned on f
a center table, and the Fortune j
Hunter took a chair well outside the
Circle of its light.
"I've told you once, so there's no j
i?e*d to repeat it," Mr. Harding
said, "that I'm glad to see you, and !
that I'm more than willing to welcome
you for Anne's sake.
"The past?well, we're agreed to i
wipe it out. You made atonement,
nd I'm going to forget it. But I
love that girl as if she was my own
daughter, and If I ever see her unhappy?through
you." His
voice rose fiercely.
Then he laughed and went on
more quietly: "She loves you, John,
and bccause she loves you I'm willing
to believe you're worthy of her. (
A woman's instinct is wonderful, 1
and there are not many girls who j
would have stuck to a man as she
has to you through all these years
?terrible years they must have
been/for her."
The Fortune Hunter made no answer:
he sat motionless, his eyes on
Mr. Harding's earnest face, listening
Intently.
There was a moment of sllenoe.
then the elder man asked sharply:
"Well, what have you got to say?"
The Fortune Hunter roused him- 1
s?lf with an effort. "Only that I |
give my word I will do my best,"
he said.
Mr. Harding said "Humph!" and
added, half in fun, half seriously:
"And your best and my best will
only be half good enough for her. .
She's an idealist, you know. Of j
course, you know that all along she .
has believed in your innocence."
The Fortune Hunter nodded; he
could not find his voice at that mo- j
ment. and the old man went on:
"Ton know, too. that she has
money?that she is wealthy."
The Fortune Hunter opened his
lips to say. "I don't want her money,"
but he knew it was a lie, and
somehow the words stuck.
But tonight his thoughts were In
a whirl. He did not understand
himself, could not analyze his emotions;
he only knew that for the
first time in his life he was {
shamed that he had not played
the game better. ^
.Mr. Harding tilted the shade of
the lamp suddenly, letting its piercing
light fall full on the Fortune
Hunter's face.
A haggard face it looked?a
weary young facer-during the brief
second before he got control of himself
and smiled.
(Te Ba Ceatiaued Temerrew)
BANDCONCERT.
?: r.4 concert at the White House by the '
Faitcd States Marine Band. tSia afternoon
..f ft ockx'k William H. Santelmana, leader.
Taylor Branson. second leader.
-March, "800a ef Uncle 8am" McCoy
wttiit. "Mlfnon" Thorn*
MyII. -Shepherd Boy" .\.Wllsea
Peett for two cornets. Polka de Concert.
"Birds of the Forest" Mayr
Meateiasa fefcn Brlkley aad Albert Maadal
lw* Movement* from the Symphony
"*aw World" Dvorak
<a> Large. (b> Srberso
"Kn'ranee of the Gods is Walball". .Wagner
Kastasle.^Soiite of Scotland^*........La mpe
DOINGS OF THE D'
I TOM. THAT ISLAND OVErVH
PC FtV? M1LE& AWAY A?1
SEE. A MAM WALKING ON
"I Itu4 far AMiteu Wrhoad
wka MV aaatlaa In tka
air aad >?ata iri wfcm
uklnnuiU wUl MM tka
bountry '?Praaidaat HaliUcrrln
r>M With Tkr Blc Herald.
Wireless Saves
Life of Man
On Sea Trip
Another demonstration of the
efficiency of wireless in eases
of accident and emergency at sea
was related by officers aboard the
Cunard liner Albania, which
docked in New York yesterday.
On the last voyage out, while
300 miles Off the Irish coast,
Capt. F. G. Brown of the Albania
picked up a wireless message
saying a fireman on the
Tamaqua, bound for London, had
his right arm torn off by a ventilating
fan. that temporary
bandages had been applied, but
he was losing blood rapidly.
The Albania was 100 miles
away, but the surgeon, Dr. C. E.
H. Harris, wirelessed complete
Instructions. Owing to lack of
facilities it was impossible to
carry them out, so Capt. Brown
steered to meet the Tamaqua.
Five hoyrs later the vessels met
and a .small boat was launched
In a heavy sea with difficulty.
The physician found an immediate
operation was necessary
and he wirelessed the Albania to
make ready. The fireman. Willam
Ward of Hull, England, bore
the transfer to the Cunarder with
great stoicism and as the small
boat was approaching the liner
he waved his left hand to the
passengers lining the rail.
Two American physicians. Dr.
McBean and Dr. Gilchrist, passenger?
aboard the Albania, had
made ?jl necessary preparations
in the ship's operating room, and
thirty-five minutes after the Albania's
boat had left the ship.
Ward was on the operating table
and the operation had commenced
with three volunteer trained
nurses assisting.
That's What They All Say.
"I can't keep the visitors from
coming up to your office," said
the new office boy. "When I
tell them that you aren't In they
don't believe me and say they
Just have to see you."
"Well," said the busy roan.
Just tell them that's what they
all say. Remember I must not
be disturbed."
That afternoon a lady called
to see the man. When the boy
assured her that it was impossible
she protested:
'But I must see him. I'm his
wife."
"That's what they all say."
calmly replied th* boy.
Tongue Tangles.
(Make one up and send it In.)
The clear, *cool sea caught
Clyde swimming close to the
coast.
?Contributed by T. M. P.
Q Ain't It a Grand and G
whem vou UBAV/E Tt
ClTY FOft VooR VAC/*
Theh row CUSS Fto*
A600T Five MIMOTTRS
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LIFFS?Wilbur Entered Into the Spirit of It
ERE MUST NOSlft'-HE'S ftUKWUG N<W 5QME&ODY f
9 \ CAN , 15 CHASING HIM1 ITS A FAT JWOMAN !
THE C*-'FP SHE^HAS A POKER IN HER MAwD* (.
TW*T6 JUST fffflBiryV . IT MOST BE
HI3 ^ WIPE '
" J
flTfie Soys'Saily Mcralb
AUGUST 20. 1921.
I
A Judge Brown Story-Talk
SHANGHAIED
By JUDGE WILLIS BROWN.
* In Webster's Dictionary we find:
"Shanghai"?'To ship as a sailor when drugged or drunk.
Unscrupulous shipping employment agencies
ir Vk frequently drug or waylay innocent sailors and
1 able-bodied men, and carry them in their tins'
J conscious state and put them on board a tailing
P wj vessel.
wi When they regain consciousness they find that
they have been signed up as common sailors.
They are then at the mercy of the captain,
and he often compels them to work on the job '
for which they were booked.
One night a young man of wealth and position was sandbagged
and placed on board a small sailing vessel.
When over ioo miles out to sea he discovered that he was
booked as a common sailor.
He protested against working, and offered to pay passage,
but the captain would not permit this.
"I need a sailor and not a passenger, and I gave the order
for ten men, and you are one of them, so to work you go."
The young man smilingly went to work.
His awkwardness, his soft flesh, hands and muscles proclaimed
him as an inexperienced hand.
His manners proved him indeed of a different type than the
men of the vessel.
"I'm shanghaied and forced in the job of a common sailor
against my wish, but you run the vessel, and so I submit and
will play the game."
This is what the young man told the captain.
It soon dawned on the captain and crew that here was a
game man.
They admired him.
He found that onderneath the rough and what he at first
thought brutal and unfair attitude of captain and men, there were
good, honest hearts.
He found the tasks did not harm him, and at the end of the
journey he was no worse for the three weeks' voyage of hard work.
To his astonishment he discovered that he liked the sea and
the sailor life.
He shipped back with the crew as a sailor.
Arriving at San Francisco he entered into the business and
became one of the most prominent owners of a vast shipping
concern.
It was a contemptible trick to shanghai a man.
He could have pouted, done half work, protested, invited
contempt from captain and men and had an altogether very nasty
trip.
But finding himself in a game he didn't like, but nevertheless
"in the game," he played it fair and square.
Too many boys and men work under protest because they
are forced into games they don't like.
Best way is to play any game fair and square?while you are
in the game.
Yes, even if you are shanghaied
Too Near Something. Cat0- the Greek, on observing
My head hurts because that statues were being: set up
last night ,n h?nor of many, remarked:
I fell out of bed. "I would rather people would
Right on my bean. ask why there Is not a statue to
Ma says Cato than why there Is."
"You slept too near wher?
Tou got In." The total number of standard
But I dldn t; varieties of postage stamps
I slept too near known today is between 40,000
Where I fell out and 50,000.
lorious Feeling?
?? HOT ANO too ARRIVE AT.ANO
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Yov Go to PUT / -AND 7h
. AUMV YOUR TotueT / Years "
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L/Ftf SNAKE FOUND
IN SOFT-BOILED EGG
WINCHESTER. Va^ Aaf. It.?A
perfectly formed snake three Inches
long was found yesterday In the
yolk of a hen's egg at Levels. W
Va.. according to Dr. Hannum, physician
of that place. I
Dr. Hannum said he visited one I
of his patients and prescribed a
soft-boiled egp. On breaking the!
shell, the doctor was astonished to <
see the tiny snake come out. When
the discovery was reported to the \
patient's wife she recalled having i
seen a blackanakc crawling from
the hennery a day or two previous, j
It is thought the snaks charmed >
the hen, thereby "marking" the
egcAlad
of
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best musicii
home?
As the movi
the world b
easy chairSo
the advertising
this newspaper brio
news of commerce
of merchandise and
Herald advertisenM
shop-windows of
wares, passed befo
eyes, that yon may l<
where to get the fnD
worth of every dwi
So read Her;
*
5HE 15 SAIN IMG OM HIM<
UKE EVERY TMIM6 ! SHI
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Iwo Highland
Lads Will Tour
South Regions
liONDQN, Aug. 1?. ? Two
Scotch Boy Scouts will shortly
embark on a cruise of adventure
such as their comrades throughout
the world dally dream about,
for Sir Ernest II. Shackleton.
the Antarctic explorer, has selected
them from among ten
competitors to accompany him
in his coming Antarctic expedition
as cabin boys aboard his I
ship, the Quest.
The youths are patrol leaders
J. W. S. Marr, of Aberdeen, aged
II. and N. E. Mooney. of Kirkwall.
in the Orkney Islands, aged j
17. The ten picked applfcants
came to Ixrndon from all parts
of the United Kingdom. Tetterday
Sir Ernest Interviewed them
to ascertain their qualifications
and found so much talent he
could not make a decision until
today.
Young Mooney came all the
way from the stormy Orkneys,
a Journey of 600 miles. He had
never seen passenger railway
trains before and was so confused
by the big city and its
strangers that Sir Ernest could
not get him to talk. \
The Quest will sail at the end
of this month, to be gone two
or more years.
FAMOUS ANECDOTES
OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
WIlllaM MeKlaley
During the war with Spain.
when McKlnley was President, he
was continually beset with
cranks who had new Inventions
for overcoming the enemy.
One day a man came to him
wanting to sell a lot of mirrors.
"This 1 a a sure thing," said
the man, "it is the best thing
ever offered the army."
"But what in the world do
you expect an army to do with
a lot of mlrorrs?" asked McKlnley,
perplexed.
"It is very simple, sir." explained
the man. "Every soldier
will be given a mirror. The
general will be ordered not to
fight except when the sun Is
shining brightly. Then when the
enemy advances, the soldiers can
throw the reflection of the sun
In their eyes and blind them.
The rest will be easy."
Needless to say the President
declined this offer. The mirrorman
west away highly indignant,
declaring that this country wouia
be defeated because of its lack
f progress.
?By Briggs. j
YOU OMPACK fooR <SR|P
=1NO YO<o' vJ? FORtSOTTSfvl
RAZOR STROP!
s J
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aVROP JUST AS y?u ,
t- oh-m-h- eoYt! /
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ONE DEAD, ANOTHER
WOUNDED BY WETS
MURPHY. N. o. Auk. If.?Charles |
Watkins, special deputy, ia dea* 1
today; Allan Dean, another deputy. *
Is believed dying, and Ben Fox. j
former county commissioner. Is \
seriously wounded as the result of
a pitched battle between the offl- i
cers and two alleged blockade run- 1
ners near here last night. <
A posse, headed by Sheriff W. B
Odom. Is scouring the mountains .
for Pearle Hall and a man named >
Haney. who are alleged to have
killed Watkins and wounded the
others. Both men are believed]
wounded.
I
A barrel of oil contains forty.two j
! gallons.
The
Idin's L
: Busine
mograph brings all
Bins and entertaine
ng picture spreads
efore you while yoi
columns of Do YOU read
H to yon the titemenh rep
and industry,
If not, yon r
*emce- best friend of
nts are the Take time to I
the world's Tertisements >
re your rery ^ ^ >dr(
??k and know may he the on
hundred cents the most mone
ndling dollar! appointment.
add advertisements?
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IW WHICH A KXirE
~?T? LOVE IN TWO.
Newly married men or men .bout
to be married usually win the empathy
of Judge Robert X. Hardino.
n Police Court when arraigned tnT
minor offense.. But now and the*
they aro treated juat like other ofTender*.
Ittoll Fernando, who came to this J
country three years ago fst>m G*noa.
Italy, was forced to postpone *
Ms marriage yesterday by one
month when Judge Ilardlaon aent
him to Jail for that period oa a
charge of larceny.
The Italian, who refused to name
His bride-to-be. waa to hare been
married thle week and probably
would have been had It not been
Tor the vigilance of Detective H. K.
Wilson and Policeman Enmanntl,
*f the Sixth precinct.
Fernando was accused of stealing
a pocket knife and a collection
of old coins from the room of
William Schmidt, at COS H street
northwest, on July 31.. Schmidts
trunk had been broken Into and a
diamond pin. unnoticed by the Italian.
dropped behind the trunk on
the floor. The knife was found in
Fernando's j>os?v8,c-n and the
coins found under his bed 1n *
room in the same house ss
Schmidt's.
The Italian denied the charg*
nd complained to the police that
he hsd been robbed. He fs a boiler
scaler by profession.
' 1
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amp
ss !
the world's
rs to your
views of all
u sit in an
the Herald adrerilarly?every
day?
e overlooking the
your pocketbook!
read the Herald adILWAYS.
?rtisement yon mi??
e that will save yon
I *
y and time and dit-All
of 'em! J
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